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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1936
Page
6
The piece shows a school newsroom with editors and reporters listed, then shifts to students filing out during a fire drill. A narrator notes the drill brings both naps and lessons, while some students sleep in the session hall.
Editorial laments chronic tardiness since September. It notes aging teachers and near resignations while urging students to improve punctuality and contribute to a better school. The piece asks what would happen if everyone showed up on time.
Clare High faculty staged a December assembly titled a radio broadcast. Students entered to a fake WCHS transmission with voices from a special room, featuring programs like Lowell Thomas The March of Time Rubinoff and the Trianon Male Trio. The spoof reached humorous heights as students applauded aims to imitate their elders.
The school records show tardiness totals for grades 9 through 12 as 97, 195, 97, and 104 respectively. Attendance rates are 96.7 for grade 9, 93.4 for grade 10, 95.5 for grade 11, and 95.4 for grade 12. Enrollment numbers are 76, 76, 33, and 47 for grades 9 to 12.
Mr Hansen asks seniors who is harboring his missing snake presumed hiding under the floor. The pet, described as part of a ga family, has been missing for several days and a search is underway.
The piece asks about Bud’s place with a teacher, Isabel Little’s technique, Dewey Allen’s claim of being too smart for punctuality, and why Donald Shively earned the nickname Speed.
A landlady recounts that the man who lived in the room invented an explosive. A new Roemer replies that those claims are false and that the inventor is someone else.
A humorous dialogue unfolds as a sailor delays dental work asking to rehearse first, while the dentist insists on starting the drill. The exchange captures a brisk maritime tone and light banter about timing and procedure.
The girls and boys Glee Clubs went caroling Tuesday the 22nd at 7 30 joining all members at the back of the school for the meeting.
Thursday evening December 17 Clare Public School teachers attended the Ideal Theatre to view Ramona. The report notes the group’s whereabouts for about 2 hours and 30 minutes and hints the student body would like details of their post show activities.
A Western side grocer Mr and Mrs Frank Jean keep Billie the pet chicken among normal chicks. Billie shows a duck like wobble provoking debate for the professor. The speckled bird challenges henhouse norms and may blur chicken duck distinctions.
Mr. Mast visits the Art Class on Wednesday as he begins work with the WPA to paint two murals to be hung in the auditorium. Four people including Mr. and Mrs. Theo Bowler Lucet ta and Doris Ramey are in critical condition and hospitalized in Flint for about four weeks.
Ambitious art teacher Mr Lowrey starts a sixth grade mural for the art room. The panel will depict the story of oil with an oil derrick a refinery and other pictures created by the students.
The industrious fifth grade creates a mural measuring 20 by 3 feet to hang in their room. The artwork depicts the history of transportation, highlighting progress and invention across eras.
An ad offers a 25c test for throat irritation and bladder symptoms. It recommends drinking boiled or distilled water and using a bladder laxative with eight ingredients including buchu leaves and juniper oil. If unsatisfied in four days a refund is promised.
The Elliott plan urges major increases in state aid to public schools, especially rural districts, with measures including paying tuition costs for non resident 7th and 8th graders, higher aid for non resident high school students, funding new school construction, raising county commissioner pay, standardizing transportation law, and reorganizing districts. It also calls removing partisan politics from the superintendent position, higher teacher salaries, revising the teachers oath, and a tenure act to protect effective teachers from dismissal.
A dated miscellany lists Christmas lines and historical notes. It mentions Whittier born 1807, Harvard moon photo 1849, Fort Niagara capture 1813, Texas independence 1835, pneumatic bicycle tires 1890, Lafayette grant 1825, Plymouth colony building 1620, South Carolina independence 1860, incubator patent 1870, chewing gum patent 1869, Rasputin 1916, and British troops burning Buffalo 1813.
History notes how early believers faced danger as they preached the gospel with a great salvation at its core. Bible preaching formed believers of faith and inspired heroic living, even as cold worlds mocked Christians who pressed forward in mission.
A reflective passage highlights the ideal man who, despite temptations from passions, fortune, and society, remains unwavering in his allegiance to God and inner conscience. The quote extols steadfast virtue as a guiding principle for conduct.
An excerpt discusses pride and ingratitude, arguing pride underpins ingratitude and shapes human actions as the underlying cause of ungrateful behavior.
A compact reflection quoting William Paley on honesty in small matters and its bearing on trust in larger, important affairs.
A compact reflection on accepting present realities while trusting future possibilities. The quote emphasizes restraint and patience as core life lessons attributed to literature.
A fragment quotes Marcus Aurelius: a man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others, underscoring self-reliance and personal dignity.
Loomis residents hosted visitors including Clarence Ramey Frances Musser Margaret Lackie Tom Olds and Clyde McJames. Relatives and friends from Clare Saginaw and St Louis gathered at various homes. The school Christmas program Friday night drew a large crowd and the children performed well.
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